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...happy with the way the totals were being calculated. For one thing, it is a cumulative tally, not a count of those currently in custody, which means it does not specify how many of those detained have been questioned and released, or how many have been charged with a minor crime and met bail. Justice also feared that a number of individuals were being counted twice, once for illegal-immigration status and a second time for committing a state, federal or local crime. Tucker said the department would no longer issue daily or even weekly updates, because the task...
...Racists are comfortable with nasty stereotypes. Blacks can't think. Latins are flashy but fold under pressure. Until this season the stereotype for Japanese players suggested that they could make fine minor leaguers but the power and muscle of the American big leagues would overwhelm them...
...past September and signed into law by President George W. Bush on Oct. 1. As with many crimes, those who have information that could help the Justice Department solve old cases of terrorism or prevent new ones should be able to come forward without fear of being deported for minor visa violations...
...this all worth it? Much of the FBI?s investigation seems to be a fishing expedition. The dragnet that picked up over 1,200 people - 641 of whom are still in custody - seems to have netted a lot of people guilty of minor immigration offenses but little else. Justice officials have admitted that only two dozen have any real, demonstrable terrorism links. As for the random interviews, shouldn?t the feds be working harder to develop ties with the Muslim community, rather than casting a suspicious eye on them? They need good relations to pick up informants and tips...
...material: Tuesday, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced the U.S. government is currently detaining 603 people as part of its ongoing terrorism investigation. One hundred and four of them have been charged with federal crimes, according to the Justice Department - which leaves 499 people being held on relatively minor charges, including immigration violations. The detentions are necessary, the Attorney General insists, in light of the country?s battle against lingering "sleeper" terror cells and networks...